well practicality is the bigger point when it comes to the future. some smart phones are still ungodly high in price. I know quite a few people with a 600-700 dollar android phone and more than a few that have a 900+ apple phone. mean while my little 50 dollar smart phone does all I need it to do. that said in the 50's people were not thinking practical with their predictions. commercialism was in full control back then and companies were just dreaming of how many products they could sell us on. in reality we want less products and more features , so that a single device (smart phone, smart tv ect ect ) can provide most of those features so our homes aren't cluttered with crap products that handle individual task.
@@DenverStarkey your right they also didn't think about how government would use technology to spy or organisations finding a way to bill people more or now finding ways to control people with lies they can easily spread on social media.
The internet is underrated in terms of predictions. I mean, no one making a really long prediction got anywhere near this and yet, if you want to define our era, this marvellous thing would be it.
In the video where he was checking bank statement on the screen, they said the computer is connected to the central computer and is kept updated....which hints to the internet like connected computers
1950s - Flying cars in future 1960s - Personal computers 1970s - Humans will colonize Mars 1980s - Aliens will visit us. 1990s - Humanoids 2000s - A tour of milky way 2010s - Time Travel 2020s - The Earth is flat
The point to smoking the cigar was the fact the car had such good air conditioning no one would care. Context is important. ua-cam.com/video/Rx6keHpeYak/v-deo.html
I like when the past accurately predicts unthinkable technology, but then mixes it with very out-dated technology that they thought was advanced. I read a book from the 50’s where they had handheld computers and electronic cigarettes, but cameras still used film that had to be developed.
But in reality digital photo cameras were really very slow to come. Although the tech how to make a picture into electronic signals within fracture of second was invented already in 1930s the electronic photography made its breakthrough around 2000.
Second Thought It was creative but misleading because I thought it was an actual prediction, be more clear next time please Other then that very good video, I enjoyed it very much
If you rewatch that part of the video what they imagined is a short lesson about the topic so they become familiar with it and then the knowledge is downloaded into their brain. I'd support that if it's possible. Would make education so much faster and easier.
I just wants that day when a 10yr old can put a usb in there head and get all the knowledge humans know of even if it takes 1 year to fully copy that in your brain
@@8jof544 Modern cars are learning machines,sort of. Have to disconnect the battery to reset them if a problem is displayed as an error code then fixed.
@@8jof544 no... they will be called Ai enabled computers or Ai computers. They will advertise as a self learning machine. Just another 5 years or so. Probably by the 3rd - 5th generation of 5G enabled devices.
We learned how complicated modern autos can be. Some 90s vehicles cannot be restored to original because electronics can degrade even if never used and sitting on a shelf and original electronics cannot be replaced in some cases So we have restomods ( restored/ modified) to get them on the road
It's just like owning a car vs owning a horse. Back when cars were just made, a lot of people owned horses, while the rich owned cars. Now, everyone owns a car while the rich own horses.
Terry Saunders Im sorry but you are completely wrong. Lots of people in america do use modern vehicles. In fact, Teslas and everything expensive is quite popular among cities. There are just some Americans who like driving old cars. Its their hobby. You cant just assume all americans are like those people.
In high school in 1968 I took Radio and TV Repair. I came up with the idea of LEDS attached to the front and rear corners of cars that detected the painted lines on roadways. It would help alert drivers if they drifted out of the lanes or headed off the shoulder. My instructor told me I was crazy.
@@William.Shakespeare to be fair, Star Trek has good philosophy, but when it comes to science, it's actually not that rigurous ... it's also much better in ideas than it is implemented ... usually I don't hate Discovery THAT much, but the spore drive is some Doctor-who level bullsh*t and the whole "ship does a 360 on the x axis and then teleports" effect for the rpore drive looks like something from Starcraft .... pretty ridiculous I'm an Expanse fan, myself, not necessarily because of the realism (which is, undoutably the most ever seen in space sci-fy), but because I like the idea of focusing on the solar system and eht evolution of a few distinct factions, and not the complete openness of star trek where you have a really neat one time adventure or some sort of anomaly or new species or any of that ... The Expanse feels more like a cohesive story, whereas, many will agree that you can basically watch Star Trek in whatever order, and the experience is not drastically changed bottom line : i like the Starfleet insignia ... i think it's a really well designed symbol, but that doesn't mean i'm a Trekkie
oh im a die hard fan . but I do admit I heard about the federation from Robert heinlien first . I really hope you read a few of them . public domain , and awesome. "jubelian" is a slight nod to hienlien
Oh, I love old predictions of the future! It's so interesting and funny to look at. In a cooking book from my grandma for example, there was basically a whole rant about how microwaves single handedly would be the downfall of the traditional family because women would be bored all the time and the food wouldn't be made with love, as it would take such a small amount of time to do it
1900: we will have flying cars in 1930 1950:we will have flying cars in 2000 2000: we will have flying cars in 2020 2020: we will have flying cars in 2100 2100: we probably still dont have flying cars
@Hyper sugar15 lol found another victims of "i know u tried to fool me big company" relax man it was real as much as ur tax report but no one tried to rob ur house so dont need to turn ur hopes by prying on weird stuff
@Hyper sugar15 lol how it control them with fairy dust ? is 5G some kind of brainwaves thing ? keep looking buddy i am sure santa will keep ur name on list by next year
@Hyper sugar15 sorry for ruining it for u but to achieving microwave effect they must be on closed room made from metal yes microwave have 1ghz while 5G had 5 ghz but only happen if u been exposure at focused radiation but course there is report that shows connection between cancer and exposure to radiowaves but the result still at probably carcinogenic also not even clear how low level it could consider to be "effected" in this report that means if level 1 and 100 probably still shows same result , and for an evidence it lack any weight
Exactly what I was thinking. How long did it take for that interaction to take place? And what if the driver/passengers didn't know all that aeronautical babble?
“Firebird two, you’re... wait please hold. Ironforce 8 you, wait wait darkraven 4 you’re going too fast, please slow down. Now, firebird- WAIT green bean 12 you can’t go that way... dammit we lost it.
Cell phones for sure. Home computers, lap tops, video games, women in careers besides teachers and nurses, paying without cash, airbags, advances in the medical field, breast cancer was a death sentence those days. Crazy amounts of prepared foods, lettuce wrapped in plastic. Sliced apples in plastic, throwaway bowls. Paying money to buy bags to throw away, VCRs, DVDs, music, dancing, microwaves! ...I guess lots of stuff! :)
During the kitchen segment you actually missed the most obvious. The appliances and even storage were hidden. Some people love the open look of cabinets where the doors are glass or aren't even there and you can see the dishes. But a lot of kitchen have even landless drawers that blend in and even appliances (dishwasher, fridge, Pantry) completely hidden and upon glances, you would have no idea where they are. That was predicted fairly well.
My parents built a new kitchen like that a year ago and it confuses the hell out of me. You can't find anything just by looking, heck the fridge and cabinets look identical lol
Once I saw a video from the 50’s, where a science fiction writer “boldly” predicted that one day, a computer would be able to fit on a desk, and the interviewer laughed.
I thought it was just very well done, I realized they styled it after those fifties and sixties commercials and appreciated the creativity on that part 😄
The best sponsorship ad. Its literally well blended with the topic 3d1t:Heven't been active for a while. But.. 405 LIKES!!!??? That was the most likes i've ever got in a yt comment....
Would you believe there is actually a video explaining that too? Can't find it now but it has to do with early recording technology, which was able to register mid high tenors only. As technology improved, it was able to reproduce deeper sounds and voices such as that of Frank Sinatra became famous, but it would still take time for our cultural perception of how a TV and radio announcer should sound like to shift away from the high tenor stablishment
@Hernando Malinche indeed, specially because in 1000 years we will probably live in another planets already. That if our descendants are still humans, because there is a high chance that we will be replaced by some sort of artificial life by then.
My mom was Sudanese Saudi and she only wished that in the 2000 they would be peace in the middle East instead we got the war on terror and the civil war.
I never understood why future cities should have super high speedways. That sounds so dangerous! ...and pointless. And the cities are often so... dark and free of plants. So depressing. I imagine future towns to be greener and have less cars in them.
Yeah cars are evil instruments that give people the wholly corrupting experience of freedom to travel on their own schedule and according to their own desires. This dark and dystopian liberty is further deepened by the ability to customize one's car in both practical terms such as size, model, functionality, as well as more subjective customizations which are often aesthetic in nature. But hey, at least I agree with you that some trees and green spaces are nice in a city.
In the future we will just have portal terminals. And it won't break physics because we'll have already forgotten we are all stuck in pods and our minds trapped in a virtual simulation.
One of the rare times I stuck around for the ad at the end. Brilliantly done! "Allowing loved ones to catch up on season 100 of the Andy Griffith Show!" 😂
The Progressive Atheist Yeah but they had airplanes back then too...like, a LOT of airplanes...traveling was cheaper than. Surely you aren't implying that our great/grandparents were stuck on the ground??
Teens talking to 2nd graders: “Back in my day we didn’t have Instagram and had to use Facebook. We were mighty tough back then and watched spongebob because UA-cam only had cat videos.”
It’s amazing how far we’ve come in such a short time. 100 years ago, we barely had airplanes, today we’ve already sent probes to interstellar space. 15 years ago, our smartphones would be considered advanced sci-fi technology fit for James Bond. Nowadays, everyone has it.
GeneralEmperor, yet it would take 28,000 years for our fastest probes to reach Promixa Centauri. 47 years after its launch, the Voyager 1 has only managed to travel 18 light hours away from earth (the observable universe is 93 billion light years across). We're incredibly puny and primitive in the grand scale of things.
"Children will do most of their learning through computers." *Laughs in advanced understanding of quantum physics and alien biology* *Cries in loneliness and without a 70% of proper schooling*
0:22 There is an elevated highway running through a skyscraper in Osaka, Japan. 7:34 Huge wall-mounted flat-screen TV. Nailed it. The educational stuff was off, but the screen? Nailed it. The Dashline plug was clever enough that it didn't bother me *much.*
In fairness regarding the skyscraper that was entirely accidental. The owners of the land that were planning on building a tower there refused to sell up to make way for an elevated road so planners agreed to "rent" the floors and build right through it. Increasingly now in Japan, and the rest of the world, the trend for new highways is to go underground.
Would you believe it if I told you that my mother had a chip-credit card in the late 90s? It's gone now but I found it in our old couch before it got thrown out. I looked at the expiration date (I think 2001 or 2002) and my brain had to restart in SafeMode.
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@@tommoore2012 what? How did you manage to bitch about women in a video about predictions for the future? Yikes, sounds like somebody whose never felt the southing touch of a woman would say
@Mr. Person Humanson first off I don’t believe you’re a person, second I can’t believe you just talking about a funny quote managed to become a debate club for discord mods lmfao
Something I do from time to time to remind myself about how good things really are even if they seem bleak is to imagine someone from the past was observing the modern world through my eyes, I think it highlights in my head all the tiny little everyday things we do that would take hours or days or longer to accomplish back then, it really is cool to think about how far we've gone to be honest, regardless of how far we still have to go.
Jason Rees and terrific fashions. No men with sweatpants showing their underwear, women wore fitted dresses showing off their tiny waists, men wore suits and everyone wore hats.
Yeah especially after early-mid 40s when nuclear technology was surfacing and becoming reality. The possibilities seemed endless and is a main reason why the 50s and 60s were so optimistic and so much advances in tech happened for the most part. Listening to my grandparents explain the 50s and 60s is amazing to me.
It seems as though a lot of their predictions were hampered by the past necessity of a telephone operator. I wonder what "necessities" constrain our current thinking.
I would argue that while people of the time had knowledge but not the convenience, our era is plagued by specialization of occupation, with individuals depending on others for information that is often times incorrect. I believe self sufficiency will be the focus of our future
Gotta give credit where credit is due... The Dashlane ad you did at the end was absolutely BRILLIANT. I actually watched and paid attention to the whole thing.
in the 60's, my science teacher talked about the future, about cell phones, computers, internet, tabs, laptops, online shopping, thumb drive and lots of things about the future as though he had been to the future. i was 12 then and we the students called him ' mr. ding-a -ling or mr. gone nuts.
The cabinet looks super useful for short people. I also remember when Disney made a house of the future as an attraction and there is a dish washer placed on top of the counter top which is something people with back problems or old people or pregnant women need. People without those struggles may say its useless because it works the same but for those with difficulties, its a huge accessible improvement
People in 2080's: People in 2010's: In future we will be able to transplant our brains into computers, 2080's: Some idiot does something completely idiotic and beyond common sense leading him to fatal injury
@@Brugar18 2010s: "We will have cured brain cancer by the 2080s!" 2081: *video (ahem, hologram, sorry) of a guy saying that quantum computers are satan's creation*
actually, our predictions might be in the turn of the ridiculous just about now. computers did it in the 60's, and neural networks are opening new horizons now.
Idk man. No bezel is sexy af. For real though, the big innovation of the last decade for mobile phones wasn't hardware, it was software. Go back to 2010 and try to have your phone navigate you to some random place on the other side of the country, or try to have it translate from Chinese to English. Try to load a 1080p video without buffering, or ordering a taxi that costs 8 dollars and will arive in four minutes regardless of your location or time. The 2020 pocket square is not terribly different physically, but it is much more powerful in what it can do.
215mookies well, we're kinda near that point ... just with the small correction in the near future 'she' will be just a crafty cybercreature. All 'humans' would be anything else, but not he or she.
To me, the funniest thing about these old videos is not the wildly inaccurate predictions of the future, but rather it’s the ridiculous way people talked back then.
well , whatch how it was back then sounds strange, but nowadays everything have toxics clickbaits, full dumb content , ignorance and fake stuff being shown as real stuff.
Yes, the transatlantic accent and stiff style of acting that was popular up until the late 1960's makes those old videos sound funny to us. I'm sure that people 50 years from now will find the popular speech patterns of the 2010's funny as well.
You didn't see an accurate way of how people talked back then. These videos had people talking in a certain way because they were showing something amazing, and people still use a similar style of voice today while reporting the news and some do it in sales, like those cheesy advertisements. People back then didn't use that accent unless they were doing something on TV just like how people today only use that accent on the news or in sales.
The War of the Worlds was never a "prediction of the future". The Martians invaded Earth during the time the story was written. In fact each time the story has been updated it has NEVER taken place in the future, but rather takes place during the same time the story is being told.
The 1960s predictions used machines of the future that weren't too subtle. In reality, the machines whose predictions were fulfilled are far smaller and more user friendly than their clumsy speculative counterparts.
If you ever read any of the early works from Asimov, Heinlein, and others, they all still predicted we'd still be using massive computers the size of buildings.
You'll have to do it in a zero consequence bubble. That way your interference with past events doesn't alter our present day and future lives...or life itself. All things that transpire in the zero consequence bubble stay in the Z.C.B. (much like what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas...). After your romp through time is done you can safely exit the bubble and nothing you have done or said will have altered any facet of your life or everyone else's. Assuming of course you actually leave said bubble.
@@indiciaobscure Thank god it's not just me. I've had a few dreams where I've gone back to the 12th-18th century and showed people phones and videos/games and stuff. Interesting to imagine how they'd react. Would they be wowed or would they burn me at the stake? Endless possibilities.
The auto-piloted car via magnetic roads was his idea too. So was time travel. He doesn't know the formula yet, but he will find it. I'm not at liberty to say it, even though it is common knowledge in my time, due to United Earth regulations regarding time travel, namely Section 1a part 2 of the "Temporal Trekking Clause". I think it was just a rip-off of Star Trek's Temporal Prike Directive... but what do I know? I'm just a normal dude doing normal dude things in the past. Disclaimer: The above post is entirely fiction. All of it.
I'm 75 & in 1950 or '51, as a 4-5 year old, I remember seeing a t.v. special predicting what the average person would wear in the year 1999! The wild clothes in this video were similar to those futuristic '1999' clothes! With the exception of computers & tele- phone technology, I feel that the last 50 years have been a great disappointment!
When people think of the future they seem to forget basic things like cost and practicality
well practicality is the bigger point when it comes to the future. some smart phones are still ungodly high in price. I know quite a few people with a 600-700 dollar android phone and more than a few that have a 900+ apple phone. mean while my little 50 dollar smart phone does all I need it to do.
that said in the 50's people were not thinking practical with their predictions. commercialism was in full control back then and companies were just dreaming of how many products they could sell us on. in reality we want less products and more features , so that a single device (smart phone, smart tv ect ect ) can provide most of those features so our homes aren't cluttered with crap products that handle individual task.
bUt iT cOoL rObOt tHaT dO bOrInG cHoRe
People's brains slide right out their ass when they try to design any kind of machine.
@@DenverStarkey your right they also didn't think about how government would use technology to spy or organisations finding a way to bill people more or now finding ways to control people with lies they can easily spread on social media.
Like Elon Musk
@@elektra81516 Except for how Musk's solutions are efficient and somehow cheap.
Ever heard of a Tesla?
The internet is underrated in terms of predictions. I mean, no one making a really long prediction got anywhere near this and yet, if you want to define our era, this marvellous thing would be it.
In the video where he was checking bank statement on the screen, they said the computer is connected to the central computer and is kept updated....which hints to the internet like connected computers
@@visheshl The idea of it is similar but the scale is insane. I like to wonder what we will see in our lifetime.
Bro just called the internet "unDerRAted" bro 90% of the population uses the internet how is it underrated
@@KaziKami It’s not underrated by us today but in terms of what people thought would go on to define this era a while ago.
@@KaziKami chill out
Apparently there's no traffic in the future.
Yeah but only in the high speed safety lane. The low speed dangerous lanes are death traps.
I can picture it now.
“Get me to Chicago jackass"
The 405: Hold my traffic
💀☠️☠️☠️☠️
*not after the bombs*
"Time for the high speed safety lane."
Goes 45 MPH.
I am speed
Dont firget the loud airplane noises
If you tried even a bike could go this fast
*Tokyo drift starts playing*
i would go 88 mph
1950s - Flying cars in future
1960s - Personal computers
1970s - Humans will colonize Mars
1980s - Aliens will visit us.
1990s - Humanoids
2000s - A tour of milky way
2010s - Time Travel
2020s - The Earth is flat
The human brain is gradually evolving
*Just backwards*
2020s: virus is fake
@@titi9031 LMAO
@@titi9031 Anti masks and spread more virus
also 2020s: has flying cars, PC's and Humanoids
“Truly useless robots” hey, he’s trying his best.
169th like. Haha what a spazz!
Domino Royale there’s only 259 currently...
@@Fiqstro haha people are unliking cos of these comments (and yeah, I know "unlikining" isn't a word).
Emack B Lol!!
haha thats what my mom says to me all the time when i don't cry because she told me to :D
That ad transition was killer
Justin Y. Run before the 'I see u everywhere' guys arrive
I see u everywhere
Justin Y. Pls stop following me ;)
it was ,because macbooks is a potato not a premium laptop
I watched all the ad just because it was amazing
Future clothing
For women: light, comfortable, and practical
For men:they'll have everything including the kitchen sink strapped to their bodies
Exactly what I was thinking
and candies for cuties
*enter triggered feminists
'Practical'
*Looks at women's jean pockets*
Yes, practical. Can't even fit a phone lmao.
Meanwhile someone somewhere else is putting a switch in their front pocket.
"Mind if i smoke a cigar?" As he pulls out a cigar.
*I see that was a rhetorical question.*
Do you want to poison us all father? lol
shut the fuck up son, smoking don't poison nobody. It's about time you man up
😝🙉🤦🏾
Lol, yeah he was just politely preparing you for the inevitable.
The point to smoking the cigar was the fact the car had such good air conditioning no one would care. Context is important.
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I like when the past accurately predicts unthinkable technology, but then mixes it with very out-dated technology that they thought was advanced. I read a book from the 50’s where they had handheld computers and electronic cigarettes, but cameras still used film that had to be developed.
Oh man, That's reaaaal funny. LOLOL
@@rozaturowska4946 outdated? Nah, people weren't over sensitive pussies back then
+Mad Max they were too far in the other direction where if you cracked a smile, you werent considered a man.
@uncle creepy what was the name of the book?
But in reality digital photo cameras were really very slow to come. Although the tech how to make a picture into electronic signals within fracture of second was invented already in 1930s the electronic photography made its breakthrough around 2000.
That was a pretty smooth ad transition that fits with the video
Thanks! I had fun making it
I don't let the transition happen. I turn it off before you edit it
Second Thought
It was creative but misleading because I thought it was an actual prediction, be more clear next time please
Other then that very good video, I enjoyed it very much
Second Thought clever ad. Fits with the video.
That's the best ad I've ever seen 😁
"Children will do the majority of their learning through computers"
2020: They got it spot on.
I hate Online School it better not come
Will that make children's mental health better or worse i wonder
Now we just have to make it two mornings a week and we'll be set.
But learn what
Alur Is home school not a thing anymore?
9:17 i love how depressed the husband looked when he saw his bank account
That's an accurate prediction
Just adding realism i guess, LOL
Bro this is too realistic
Time to get dat belt
Damn woman over spending again
No one predicted people taking photos of their own breakfast.
In realism paintings when people painted fruit is pretty much the same lol
Or that some people look better as farm animals
Or pictures of there buttholes 😂😂😂
They did plenty of cereal commercials how did you miss that?
@@ahmed-xi9rh Actually I'm a Gen Xer.
"In the future women will put plastic in their bodies"
"Yeah right"
That's the point
Squiddy FancySon r/wooosh
I hope this is in an R/Woooosh comp.
If not, I'm fine with that.
Plastic surgery
can i be in the screenshot
1960s: We will have online learning by the year 2000.
2020: Online learning but it's basically the only option.
If you rewatch that part of the video what they imagined is a short lesson about the topic so they become familiar with it and then the knowledge is downloaded into their brain. I'd support that if it's possible. Would make education so much faster and easier.
No we still go to physical school
you really shouldn’t be :(
Quoudan nah my country we have online classes until there US a vaccine
I just wants that day when a 10yr old can put a usb in there head and get all the knowledge humans know of even if it takes 1 year to fully copy that in your brain
I love how they called computers learning machines.
Learnding Machine
In the Finnish language it's actually quite similar: knowledge machine, (tietokone)😂
just wait a few years the deep learning AI will be inside all connected stuff...
...then they will be really named "learning machines"
@@8jof544 Modern cars are learning machines,sort of. Have to disconnect the battery to reset them if a problem is displayed as an error code then fixed.
@@8jof544 no... they will be called Ai enabled computers or Ai computers. They will advertise as a self learning machine. Just another 5 years or so. Probably by the 3rd - 5th generation of 5G enabled devices.
in the past people likes futuristic car ... in the present people likes vintage cars
We learned how complicated modern autos can be. Some 90s vehicles cannot be restored to original because electronics can degrade even if never used and sitting on a shelf and original electronics cannot be replaced in some cases So we have restomods ( restored/ modified) to get them on the road
It's just like owning a car vs owning a horse. Back when cars were just made, a lot of people owned horses, while the rich owned cars. Now, everyone owns a car while the rich own horses.
@@exist_much5625 We just keep chasing our tails, or the Jones's if you prefer
@Terry Saunders Boy you sound like a complete communist and liberal mate.
Terry Saunders
Im sorry but you are completely wrong.
Lots of people in america do use modern vehicles. In fact, Teslas and everything expensive is quite popular among cities.
There are just some Americans who like driving old cars. Its their hobby. You cant just assume all americans are like those people.
In high school in 1968 I took Radio and TV Repair. I came up with the idea of LEDS attached to the front and rear corners of cars that detected the painted lines on roadways. It would help alert drivers if they drifted out of the lanes or headed off the shoulder. My instructor told me I was crazy.
Lol bruh how many of your friends died in Vietnam
mastrofnone ok
@@beepodeepo5822 NONE. they never went. they were all stationed elsewhere. Hawaii , Greenland , South Korea , Arizona.etc
Great, glad they didn't. Posted that without thinking about it
@@beepodeepo5822 No problem . Have a good one.
Old man: “Safe, cool, comfortable!”
Cigar: “I’m about to end this whole man’s life.”
🤣🤣
And it did.
That dashlane ad is BRILLIANT!
Btw dashlane is actually really good, I use it for many passwords.
Thanks! And yeah, I really like dashlane too. It's actually super useful.
Second Thought I like tubers who actually use the products they advertise. Walk it like you talk it.
Second Thought And I love Season 100 of the Andy Griffith Show, they really recovered from the mistake that was Season 89
It's not often that I watch through the sponsor section on videos, but this was thoroughly enjoyable. Good job!
**transitions to brilliant ad*
They sure had good narrators back in the day
And the BGM is cool too
trek beats wars every day of the week . nice pic man . (I don't count discovery)
@@William.Shakespeare to be fair, Star Trek has good philosophy, but when it comes to science, it's actually not that rigurous ... it's also much better in ideas than it is implemented ... usually
I don't hate Discovery THAT much, but the spore drive is some Doctor-who level bullsh*t and the whole "ship does a 360 on the x axis and then teleports" effect for the rpore drive looks like something from Starcraft .... pretty ridiculous
I'm an Expanse fan, myself, not necessarily because of the realism (which is, undoutably the most ever seen in space sci-fy), but because I like the idea of focusing on the solar system and eht evolution of a few distinct factions, and not the complete openness of star trek where you have a really neat one time adventure or some sort of anomaly or new species or any of that ... The Expanse feels more like a cohesive story, whereas, many will agree that you can basically watch Star Trek in whatever order, and the experience is not drastically changed
bottom line : i like the Starfleet insignia ... i think it's a really well designed symbol, but that doesn't mean i'm a Trekkie
oh im a die hard fan . but I do admit I heard about the federation from Robert heinlien first . I really hope you read a few of them . public domain , and awesome. "jubelian" is a slight nod to hienlien
And they didn't say things like "like" to often.
I almost never watch the ads at the end but this one was a work of art
that 1930's ~ 1950's accent was hilarious
It truly is.
I thought it was a real prediction until I realized that that was a laptop in front of him 😂
Oh, I love old predictions of the future! It's so interesting and funny to look at. In a cooking book from my grandma for example, there was basically a whole rant about how microwaves single handedly would be the downfall of the traditional family because women would be bored all the time and the food wouldn't be made with love, as it would take such a small amount of time to do it
"HIGH SPEED" safety lane??? They are going 40 mph, MAX.
Bradley Greenwood 40 it was probably really high speed back then
What? You realise you make no sense right?
found out how to change my name 1 about you think max speed for cars were a lot slower back then it’s very simple
And absolutely no traffic
found out how to change my name 1 tell me are you often this much of an asshole for no reason?
1900: we will have flying cars in 1930
1950:we will have flying cars in 2000
2000: we will have flying cars in 2020
2020: we will have flying cars in 2100
2100: we probably still dont have flying cars
There are flying cars right now though
@@Sam-ko8mt yea they are but not so affordable
We need 'close encounter' moment to happen first
Probably cuz you will die if your flying car breaks down mid air.
by 2100 we shall rather teleport ourselves we won't need flying cars like we didn't need robot butler
"Why, this is rather disastrous. Seven foot robot butler, play despacito."
School will only be taught over computers
COVID-19: *Yes*
@Hyper sugar15 lol found another victims of "i know u tried to fool me big company" relax man it was real as much as ur tax report but no one tried to rob ur house so dont need to turn ur hopes by prying on weird stuff
@Hyper sugar15 lol how it control them with fairy dust ? is 5G some kind of brainwaves thing ? keep looking buddy i am sure santa will keep ur name on list by next year
@Hyper sugar15 wow they capable off generating microwave effect in open room that just insane
ever read how microwave work my friend ?
@Hyper sugar15 sorry for ruining it for u but to achieving microwave effect they must be on closed room made from metal yes microwave have 1ghz while 5G had 5 ghz but only happen if u been exposure at focused radiation
but course there is report that shows connection between cancer and exposure to radiowaves but the result still at probably carcinogenic also not even clear how low level it could consider to be "effected" in this report that means if level 1 and 100 probably still shows same result , and for an evidence it lack any weight
ass4ass bro
I'd like to see "control tower" do that with LA traffic
Exactly what I was thinking. How long did it take for that interaction to take place? And what if the driver/passengers didn't know all that aeronautical babble?
It's like having a control tower just for teslas...how regularly do you see teslas? Maybe once a month? Therefore...
Bruce Wayne I think a metro would work better
I'd like to see it do Houston traffic
“Firebird two, you’re... wait please hold. Ironforce 8 you, wait wait darkraven 4 you’re going too fast, please slow down. Now, firebird- WAIT green bean 12 you can’t go that way... dammit we lost it.
1980: we will have flying cars in the future
2018: things people said in 1980 memes
TurboJake and in the 2080 there gonna mock us cause we didn’t make flying cars lol
We have flying cars ;)
1980: we will have flying cars in the future
2019: earth is flat 😉
Ac Alvin the earth is flat theory is probably over 2000 years old.
flying cars are real but not yet released
I was born in 1964. I've seen so many changes in my life time.
what were the changes?
Cell phones for sure. Home computers, lap tops, video games, women in careers besides teachers and nurses, paying without cash, airbags, advances in the medical field, breast cancer was a death sentence those days. Crazy amounts of prepared foods, lettuce wrapped in plastic. Sliced apples in plastic, throwaway bowls. Paying money to buy bags to throw away, VCRs, DVDs, music, dancing, microwaves! ...I guess lots of stuff! :)
I'm waiting for someone to come in and say "ok,boomer"
I'm sorry
Ok boomer
@@RaDav-1 thats really funny
During the kitchen segment you actually missed the most obvious. The appliances and even storage were hidden. Some people love the open look of cabinets where the doors are glass or aren't even there and you can see the dishes. But a lot of kitchen have even landless drawers that blend in and even appliances (dishwasher, fridge, Pantry) completely hidden and upon glances, you would have no idea where they are.
That was predicted fairly well.
My parents built a new kitchen like that a year ago and it confuses the hell out of me.
You can't find anything just by looking, heck the fridge and cabinets look identical lol
The future just ain't what it used to be...
well this is unfortunate isn't it
120mph speed limit...
Still goes 125
joshua hugnight always 5 over
It is legal to go 10 over...right?
@@mr.cringe2533 no 5
r/madlad
Pfft you can go over 100MPH... everything is legal if you dont get caught.
You should make your own predictions for the future in a video. I would love that.
I'm planning on doing a Part 2, so I'll definitely include some of my predictions!
Looking forward to that!
+1
This is a great video!
the future is climate and migration crisis
Once I saw a video from the 50’s, where a science fiction writer “boldly” predicted that one day, a computer would be able to fit on a desk, and the interviewer laughed.
I remember reading Dick Tracey comics and how they had the two way wrist radio! Courtesy of Moon Maid. 😜😁
Bro your ad was so good I didn't realize it wasn't part of the video for a while...incredible job
I thought his haircut looked very modern. Still had me fooled though.
I realized it was bullshit when I saw it was a Macbook
@@RubianGaming for real! Who couldn't see that immediately!
I thought it was just very well done, I realized they styled it after those fifties and sixties commercials and appreciated the creativity on that part 😄
I only noticed after I realized the computer was a modern laptop
Candy for cuties will get you arrested lol
What?
Uh yeah Dexter
Yeah. Society was hard core back then. Now every woman is crying somebody looked at me ! ! !
Not in the fifties buddy, mind if I smoke a cigaaar?
That whole guy looks pretty creepy
"Candy for Cuties" sounds like a rock band.
The best sponsorship ad. Its literally well blended with the topic
3d1t:Heven't been active for a while. But.. 405 LIKES!!!??? That was the most likes i've ever got in a yt comment....
It's not just blended with the topic. It was made to be like it's just another video showing future technology.
Used to be common in golden age radio and early television. Sometimes a little too much and obvious but blended.
But they didn't predict people dancing in front of their phones while playing cringy music.
You say it like it's a bad thing
@@uiraideszen3223 That's cause it is
Why hello Dio, there's truly no place a Jojo fan can't reach
@@ironspiderlink3652 yare yare daze
@@jj-pm7wm,they are just having fun. What is so wrong with that?
Wow, I didnt even know it was an actual ad until I was halfway thru it....
I tried to make it pretty convincing :)
The color of the image, the fact that it was a laptop (they didn't exist so back in time) and the PC saying "Mac Book"
yea me too :)
same
Not to mention all the modern services like Amazon and UA-cam...
Nice video... mind if I smoke a cigar?
Oh hey Taran, didn't expect to see you here! I always find past predictions of the future to be quite interesting to look at.
Sure Pops
Taran Van Hemert Hey Taran are you the new Justin Y?
Ooh! Swish!
Golly mister
Why is every old flashback sounds like the same voice over guy 😂😂😂🤔🤔
Eratic Ambassador probably had to do with microphones
Would you believe there is actually a video explaining that too? Can't find it now but it has to do with early recording technology, which was able to register mid high tenors only. As technology improved, it was able to reproduce deeper sounds and voices such as that of Frank Sinatra became famous, but it would still take time for our cultural perception of how a TV and radio announcer should sound like to shift away from the high tenor stablishment
@Hernando Malinche indeed, specially because in 1000 years we will probably live in another planets already. That if our descendants are still humans, because there is a high chance that we will be replaced by some sort of artificial life by then.
@@Niidea1986
I think my ex is one of them.
@@heartless_raven typical old school man voice and the typical worried woman voice 😂 or sometimes the strong independent woman voice
I like the fact that most older movies depicting the future show people dressed in vintage outfits with fancy gadgets.
That ad at the end was absolutely stellar! Great job on that!!!!
"Progrum"
I want a kitchen based on the 1920’s idea of 2000
Well, it's very expensive.
@@theludwig2672 FBI: and how old are those cuties you speak of??????
@Josiah Sepulveda very good, very good. All is in order
No - too many moving parts that can breakdown, and a nightmare to clean.
Honestly that sponsor bit was amazing, most entertaining sponsor ad I've seen
I agree with you a lot.
Nice try dashlane
1970: in the future we will have flying cars
2020: *P A N D E M I C*
@None of your Business elon musk making a flying car
My mom was Sudanese Saudi and she only wished that in the 2000 they would be peace in the middle East instead we got the war on terror and the civil war.
@@stadtrepublikmulhausen4121 there no peace in there, few years maybe.
@@fadillah6014 There will NEVER be peace in the middle east. If there was, well, it wouldn't be the middle east anymore, would it?
@@ChineduOpara even if temporary peace exist, all side ussually hold grudges in tension until the people or something bring peace gone.
I never understood why future cities should have super high speedways. That sounds so dangerous! ...and pointless. And the cities are often so... dark and free of plants. So depressing. I imagine future towns to be greener and have less cars in them.
Yeah cars are evil instruments that give people the wholly corrupting experience of freedom to travel on their own schedule and according to their own desires. This dark and dystopian liberty is further deepened by the ability to customize one's car in both practical terms such as size, model, functionality, as well as more subjective customizations which are often aesthetic in nature. But hey, at least I agree with you that some trees and green spaces are nice in a city.
In the future we will just have portal terminals. And it won't break physics because we'll have already forgotten we are all stuck in pods and our minds trapped in a virtual simulation.
Well there are highway bridges going through cities. Not 1:1 but pretty accurate
Autobahn
High speed highways will be in use as cars will be autonomous hence no accidents from human error.
The ad at the end was absolutely brilliant!!
Hello comrade!
Hello, I feel like talking to myself
WHY ARE YOU EVERYWHERE?
I’m pretty sure you’re not a stranger to that comment.
Because he's vigilant. Everyone needs a bit of bleach sometimes.
Exactly. I got confused for a while. Then it occurred to me it was an ad. Great idea.
The dashlane ad at the end was extremely clever and fun to watch.
69 Likes!
One of the rare times I stuck around for the ad at the end. Brilliantly done! "Allowing loved ones to catch up on season 100 of the Andy Griffith Show!" 😂
But we do have flying cars. They're called 'airplanes.'
Thats not a car
😞😤Thats a PLANE not a car AIRPLANE good try tough
And flying buses, Airbuses
The Progressive Atheist Yeah but they had airplanes back then too...like, a LOT of airplanes...traveling was cheaper than. Surely you aren't implying that our great/grandparents were stuck on the ground??
Seems legit
Teens talking to 2nd graders:
“Back in my day we didn’t have Instagram and had to use Facebook. We were mighty tough back then and watched spongebob because UA-cam only had cat videos.”
Haha that got me
Ok zoomer XD
@@MaxWolop < XD
> Normie
Yo why is this so accurate. This is me talking to my little sister 😂😂😂. She was on ticktock on her phone and I have her a whole lecture 💀😂😂
Braeden Westland How does using the term “XD” make me a normie? I’ve seen even memelords and shitposters use that term.
It’s amazing how far we’ve come in such a short time. 100 years ago, we barely had airplanes, today we’ve already sent probes to interstellar space.
15 years ago, our smartphones would be considered advanced sci-fi technology fit for James Bond. Nowadays, everyone has it.
interstellar*
Indeed
GeneralEmperor IWatch is some spy kids type stuff lol
And we use them to watch cats
GeneralEmperor, yet it would take 28,000 years for our fastest probes to reach Promixa Centauri. 47 years after its launch, the Voyager 1 has only managed to travel 18 light hours away from earth (the observable universe is 93 billion light years across). We're incredibly puny and primitive in the grand scale of things.
"Anyone could have predicted the automobile but it would take a science-fiction writer to predict the traffic jam."
-Sam Moskowitz
7ft tall robot play despacito 2
Bubble_Nugget
7ft tall robot, giving you the most intense death stare it can: “get back to work, slave!”
Robot: *Fudge this. Just tell Alexa about it.*
7ft robot pla-
“The imperial system is inferior and useless”
[EXTERMINATE. ALL. HUMANS]
Sorry I don't understand
"OOH SWWIISSHH!"
This clip never get old.
That ad was amazing, if I wasn't already using dashlane I'd have been sold.
wow heg ot me
DON'T USE DASHLANE
Cygeniks why do you say That? 😮
It took me so long to figure out the end of the video was an add, now THAT'S a smooth transition!
And this video was very interesting i loved it!
I realized through your comment
"Children will do most of their learning through computers."
*Laughs in advanced understanding of quantum physics and alien biology*
*Cries in loneliness and without a 70% of proper schooling*
The poor kid looked like the kids now a days that have been over exposed and drained from devices everywhere. 🙏🏽😔
Dylan Strudwick wha t
@@Delitez1 boomer alert
But we do most of our learning through computers. In my school the case is iPads.
I learned biology, geology, history, programming, grammar, language, cryptocurrency, and more from computers
You guys got the speaking style and intonation of mid century informationals perfect, best ad in ages
1:53
_"It's wasting time on the ground; but being earth bound"_
BARS!!!! Always loved 1940's rap.
10:40 The way he advertises for Dashlane is pretty good. Hats off to the talent used for the retro look and sound.
0:22
There is an elevated highway running through a skyscraper in Osaka, Japan.
7:34
Huge wall-mounted flat-screen TV. Nailed it. The educational stuff was off, but the screen? Nailed it.
The Dashline plug was clever enough that it didn't bother me *much.*
In fairness regarding the skyscraper that was entirely accidental. The owners of the land that were planning on building a tower there refused to sell up to make way for an elevated road so planners agreed to "rent" the floors and build right through it. Increasingly now in Japan, and the rest of the world, the trend for new highways is to go underground.
@@mlc4495
Yeah, it wasn't done to be futuristic or cool, but it turned out to be both.
I'm all for underground highways, even if they are Boring.
No they got the education part too. We have ridiculously big TV's at school designed for education.
Did anyone notice the lady buying the green dress inserted the card like a chip card🤔...lol
Your right, how did they know? Unless ??
Would you believe it if I told you that my mother had a chip-credit card in the late 90s? It's gone now but I found it in our old couch before it got thrown out. I looked at the expiration date (I think 2001 or 2002) and my brain had to restart in SafeMode.
Yea
Who else felt the “learning at home on a screen” prediction could’ve made an excellent segue to Skillshare
*RealLifeLore intensifies*
Scott Maday At skillshare you can learn thousands of new topics with www.Skillshare.com/RealLifeLore and get a premium subscription for only 10 dollars
They didnt predict that humor would be randomly generated
s p o o n
*w e e d e a t e r*
*life is s o u p , i am f o r k*
wise words by pakalu papito
*wheeze*
*A L I E N W E E N*
what have i done
to deserve this
"We wont be able to get her out of the kitchen, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it"
This sounds like a quote from family guy
Heck, some women can't cook at all but they still want a big kitchen so people will think they can. Talk about a pathetic ego.
@@tommoore2012 lol I think people in general want big kitchen but to show they can afford it. None really cares if you know how to cook
@@tommoore2012 what? How did you manage to bitch about women in a video about predictions for the future? Yikes, sounds like somebody whose never felt the southing touch of a woman would say
@@Papa-en9gy I’m hearing anime theme music in my head as a read your comment. You amuse me pretty boy.
@Mr. Person Humanson first off I don’t believe you’re a person, second I can’t believe you just talking about a funny quote managed to become a debate club for discord mods lmfao
10:54 Gotta love the retro voice-over. I never thought any one would mimic the tones and style too haha XD nicely done!
I was so confused about the ad transition, I was like "they didn't have UA-cam back then"...incredible. AMAZING work on that part!
Something I do from time to time to remind myself about how good things really are even if they seem bleak is to imagine someone from the past was observing the modern world through my eyes, I think it highlights in my head all the tiny little everyday things we do that would take hours or days or longer to accomplish back then, it really is cool to think about how far we've gone to be honest, regardless of how far we still have to go.
they were right about a lot of stuff . I think the 30's and 40's were a time of really big ideas.
Jason Rees and terrific fashions. No men with sweatpants showing their underwear, women wore fitted dresses showing off their tiny waists, men wore suits and everyone wore hats.
Yeah especially after early-mid 40s when nuclear technology was surfacing and becoming reality. The possibilities seemed endless and is a main reason why the 50s and 60s were so optimistic and so much advances in tech happened for the most part. Listening to my grandparents explain the 50s and 60s is amazing to me.
Yeah, like Communism. THERE's a Big Idea for you!
It seems as though a lot of their predictions were hampered by the past necessity of a telephone operator. I wonder what "necessities" constrain our current thinking.
I would argue that while people of the time had knowledge but not the convenience, our era is plagued by specialization of occupation, with individuals depending on others for information that is often times incorrect. I believe self sufficiency will be the focus of our future
I laughed hard when the traffic control guy congratulated the car driver.
Great question!!
Capitalism
Freedom
That little “commercial break” was so good! Love how you did that!
Gotta give credit where credit is due... The Dashlane ad you did at the end was absolutely BRILLIANT. I actually watched and paid attention to the whole thing.
in the 60's, my science teacher talked about the future, about cell phones, computers, internet, tabs, laptops, online shopping, thumb drive and lots of things about the future as though he had been to the future. i was 12 then and we the students called him ' mr. ding-a -ling or mr. gone nuts.
r/thathappened
Maybe he came from the future
vajiravudh maybe you lie about it. Yeah i am accusing you mr. Vajiravudh
Comments:
80%: wow awesome ad transition
10%: something about how well they predicted the future
10%: other
1% Comments like yours
The cabinet looks super useful for short people. I also remember when Disney made a house of the future as an attraction and there is a dish washer placed on top of the counter top which is something people with back problems or old people or pregnant women need. People without those struggles may say its useless because it works the same but for those with difficulties, its a huge accessible improvement
“Children will do most of their learning through computers”
*Online school*
Did you see the size of the tv? It could fill up the whole wall!
5:18
Ah, I see you're a man of culture.
Captain Clemont 10:45 more like
Captain Clemont what is wrong with you your profile picture is disgusting
Jack Shanahan How, it's just a loli smiling like a psyco.
Captain Clemont it's ghost-type kahuna from Sun and Moon....sexualized....isn't she underaged?
Captain Clemont Ok, your profile seem fine.
If we think concepts from 1940's is ridiculous and inaccurate
People from the 2080's think our concept is ridiculous and inaccurate.
Akyer yeah...
People in 2080's: People in 2010's: In future we will be able to transplant our brains into computers, 2080's: Some idiot does something completely idiotic and beyond common sense leading him to fatal injury
@@Brugar18
2010s: "We will have cured brain cancer by the 2080s!"
2081: *video (ahem, hologram, sorry) of a guy saying that quantum computers are satan's creation*
actually, our predictions might be in the turn of the ridiculous just about now. computers did it in the 60's, and neural networks are opening new horizons now.
Do you mean RTX2080ti? or just RTX2080?
5:00 “and containers for
Koins
Keys
and
Kandy
for
Kuties”
06:04
‘’We won’t be able to get her out of the kitchen’’
*2020: WRONG. We can’t get her into the kitchen*
Now make me a sandwich
😂😂 this is right on so many levels
2025:we won't be able to get her out of nightclubs.
If you want something to eat make it yourself loser. Women are not your personal servants
_ Unfriendly_Ghost277 _ simp
That was quite possibly the best promo ever created on a UA-cam video. Well done!
*slaps top of video* ooh swish; mind if I smoke a cigar?
Anthony Ingram wtf I literally saw your comment as I heard that part😂
Cigar was a symbol of ultimate relaxing those days.
Can we take a moment to realize that in 10 years the big innovation went from a touchscreen to a face scanner and bezelless display
Idk man. No bezel is sexy af. For real though, the big innovation of the last decade for mobile phones wasn't hardware, it was software. Go back to 2010 and try to have your phone navigate you to some random place on the other side of the country, or try to have it translate from Chinese to English. Try to load a 1080p video without buffering, or ordering a taxi that costs 8 dollars and will arive in four minutes regardless of your location or time. The 2020 pocket square is not terribly different physically, but it is much more powerful in what it can do.
Love the extra effort you put into that ad read
You wont be able to get her out of the kitchen 😂😂
Make me sammich bitch
That was funny!
these days you won't be able get her into the kitchen
215mookies well, we're kinda near that point ... just with the small correction in the near future 'she' will be just a crafty cybercreature. All 'humans' would be anything else, but not he or she.
Bruh, dat ad was amazing and fits with the theme of the video
To me, the funniest thing about these old videos is not the wildly inaccurate predictions of the future, but rather it’s the ridiculous way people talked back then.
Aaron Clift To me, the funniest thing is how people talk now days.
well , whatch how it was back then sounds strange, but nowadays everything have toxics clickbaits, full dumb content , ignorance and fake stuff being shown as real stuff.
Yes, the transatlantic accent and stiff style of acting that was popular up until the late 1960's makes those old videos sound funny to us. I'm sure that people 50 years from now will find the popular speech patterns of the 2010's funny as well.
You didn't see an accurate way of how people talked back then. These videos had people talking in a certain way because they were showing something amazing, and people still use a similar style of voice today while reporting the news and some do it in sales, like those cheesy advertisements. People back then didn't use that accent unless they were doing something on TV just like how people today only use that accent on the news or in sales.
MischievousMoo ok
Dude I’m very impressed by the skit at the end. The language is so spot on
The War of the Worlds was never a "prediction of the future". The Martians invaded Earth during the time the story was written. In fact each time the story has been updated it has NEVER taken place in the future, but rather takes place during the same time the story is being told.
I honestly love the ending for the video. It fits just so perfectly...
Yeap
fantastic ad.
Thanks!
Fantastic, now that I've captured your attention, I'd love a discord for this channel.
There used to be one, but it was pretty much destroyed by some crazy people unfortunately
7:26 Now this is extremely accurate.
The 1960s predictions used machines of the future that weren't too subtle. In reality, the machines whose predictions were fulfilled are far smaller and more user friendly than their clumsy speculative counterparts.
If you ever read any of the early works from Asimov, Heinlein, and others, they all still predicted we'd still be using massive computers the size of buildings.
I still want to time travel and show people of 1980 a iPhone
You'll have to do it in a zero consequence bubble. That way your interference with past events doesn't alter our present day and future lives...or life itself. All things that transpire in the zero consequence bubble stay in the Z.C.B. (much like what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas...). After your romp through time is done you can safely exit the bubble and nothing you have done or said will have altered any facet of your life or everyone else's. Assuming of course you actually leave said bubble.
Watch out for the butterfly effect.
I fantasize about going back to the 18th century and explaining our lives to people. But I'd have to pretend to be a Christian and die of cholera.
Good luck getting service or wifi. Not much to show without.
@@indiciaobscure Thank god it's not just me. I've had a few dreams where I've gone back to the 12th-18th century and showed people phones and videos/games and stuff. Interesting to imagine how they'd react. Would they be wowed or would they burn me at the stake? Endless possibilities.
Thanks for listening to my idea, was very interesting
Sure thing! Great suggestion :)
NA Galax this was your idea?
Kaizo Uchiha sure was
Oh
The auto-piloted car via magnetic roads was his idea too. So was time travel.
He doesn't know the formula yet, but he will find it. I'm not at liberty to say it, even though it is common knowledge in my time, due to United Earth regulations regarding time travel, namely Section 1a part 2 of the "Temporal Trekking Clause". I think it was just a rip-off of Star Trek's Temporal Prike Directive... but what do I know? I'm just a normal dude doing normal dude things in the past.
Disclaimer: The above post is entirely fiction. All of it.
I'm 75 & in 1950 or '51, as a 4-5 year old, I remember seeing a t.v. special predicting
what the average person would wear in the year 1999! The wild clothes in this video
were similar to those futuristic '1999' clothes! With the exception of computers & tele-
phone technology, I feel that the last 50 years have been a great disappointment!